Development
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Vienna zoo appeals for help to name panda cub
Oct 5, 2016News Hour: Oct 4 Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo has picked a name for a female panda and is asking animal lovers to help it choose one for her male twin. Giant Panda Yang Yang gave birth to... -
City leadership at front and center in implementing migration policy
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: The 3rd Global Mayoral Forum: “Governing Locally: City Leadership at the Front and Center in Implementing Migration Policy – Promoting Development and Securing Protection” is taking place in Quezon City in the Philippines. The... -
WFP executive director visits drought-hit Madagascar
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, has arrived in Madagascar for a three-day visit, as the country comes to grips with the devastating impact of three years... -
EU supports WFP assistance to thousands suffering drought & displacement in Djibouti
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided food assistance to 10,000 people from Ethiopia and the Somaliland region of Somalia, displaced by drought to Djibouti, in addition to nearly 14,000 people in... -
ECHO-funded global solar and water initiative in Africa
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: The IOM Regional Office in Nairobi is coordinating a Global Solar and Water Initiative, currently funded by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), to mainstream the adoption of renewable energy (solar) in water... -
HSBC and British Council launched second edition of “Kids Read” in Bangladesh
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: The British Council and Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) launched the second edition of ‘Kids Read’, a storytelling programme for primary school children (grades 1 – 6) in Bangladesh. This programme aims to... -
Hurricane Matthew powered toward Jamaica and Haiti
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: Hurricane Matthew powered toward densely populated Jamaica and Haiti on Sunday, unleashing winds that could fell homes and power lines and torrential rain that may trigger potentially deadly landslides and floods. As the Caribbean’s... -
Awareness raised about breast cancer among migrant women in Thailand
Oct 2, 2016News Hour: IOM will carry out activities throughout the month of October to promote awareness of breast cancer among female migrants temporarily detained in Thailand. The initiative is part of IOM’s efforts to commemorate Breast Cancer... -
Global Private Sector Forum in South Korea took place
Oct 2, 2016News Hour: A global private sector forum to strengthen the partnerships between companies in South Korea and the public sector took place in Seoul on Wednesday (28/09). The gathering included some 40 corporate social responsibility (CSR)... -
USAID & partners announce $6 billion to expand fight against neglected tropical diseases
Oct 2, 2016News Hour: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced new partnerships to help countries eliminate and control neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Over the next five years new and expanded partnerships will provide 1.3 billion...
